"Where is Late City?" He Pingsheng looked utterly baffled. "How far is it? In which direction?"
"Not far!"
Lian Nihong shook her head, smoothed her fluffy hair, then pursed her little lips toward the front left. "That way. Hmm... back when I flew there, it only took two hours!"
Two hours?
He Pingsheng thought, If a Divine Lord like you flew for two hours, that wasn't very far.
"I'll go ask!" He headed down Divine Dream City's only main thoroughfare.
Lian Nihong followed close behind.
Usually, commerce associations also offered flight services on the side.
He Pingsheng reached a shop and walked inside.
"Fellow Daoist!" He cupped his hands toward a woman behind the counter. "Does your commerce association have any Flying Boats heading out?"
"Of course!" The woman nodded. "Where would you like to go?"
Before He Pingsheng could speak, Lian Nihong spoke beside him. "Late City!"
"Oh!" Hearing that they wanted to go to Late City, the woman behind the counter looked slightly startled. "That's not close... very far, in fact!"
"Normally, people from Late City don't come to Divine Dream Mountain to seek opportunities!"
"Our Flying Boats don't go that way either!"
He Pingsheng frowned slightly. Very far?
"However!" Before either of them could speak, the woman continued, "If you two can afford the price, we can arrange a special Flying Boat trip just for you!"
"How much divine gold?" Lian Nihong asked.
The woman thought for a moment. "Please wait. I'll have to ask the head shopkeeper about the exact amount!"
With that, she left the counter.
Soon, she returned with a tall, middle-aged man wearing green Daoist robes.
"You want to go to Late City?"
The man looked the two of them over.
He Pingsheng nodded.
"One hundred thousand!" the man said outright. "Late City